Rockhampton
Seen to fall in 1895 in Australia · 1.6 kg recovered · Unclassified stone
Rockhampton is the second-earliest of the 15 falls recorded in Australia. It has no other recorded fall within 685 km; only 17 falls in the record sit farther from their nearest neighbour.
- Group
- Unclassified stones
- Recorded position
- 23.383° S, 150.517° E
The map is centred on Rockhampton. Rings every 500 km; numbers match the table below.
Nearest recorded falls
The closest recorded fall to Rockhampton is Emmaville, 685 km to the south. No other fall in the record lies within 250 km of Rockhampton.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmaville | 1900 | Eucrite-mmict | 127 g | 685 km south |
| 2 | Tenham | 1879 | L6 | 160 kg | 808 km west |
| 3 | Dunbogan | 1999 | L6 | 30 g | 949 km south |
| 4 | Mount Browne | 1902 | H6 | 11 kg | 1,130 km south-west |
| 5 | Forest Vale | 1942 | H4 | 26 kg | 1,164 km south |
| 6 | Narellan | 1928 | L6 | 368 g | 1,186 km south |
What Unclassified stone means
Unclassified stone is the label for a stony meteorite that was never assigned to a group. By recovered mass Rockhampton ranks 13th of the 23 Unclassified stone falls. The nearest other Unclassified stone fall is Calivo in the Philippines, 4,966 km away. In date order among Unclassified stone falls, the one before Rockhampton is Guêa (1891, Serbia) and the one after is Kijima (1906) (1906, Japan).
Rockhampton in Australia’s record
By recovered mass Rockhampton comes tenth of 15 there. The fall recorded before Rockhampton in Australia is Tenham (1879); the next is Emmaville (1900).
The 1890s
Rockhampton is one of 51 falls dated to the 1890s. Elsewhere, the record lists three other falls in 1895: Ambapur Nagla in India, Nagy-Borové in Slovakia, Bishunpur in India.